The name of the currently selected player is displayed below the arch at the bottom of the screen. To change this, click the name of the player to display the profile window. Up to four players can be created, selected or deleted.

The Options button displays a window where there are toggle buttons for full screen mode, mute sound and Windows cursor. There are slider bars to adjust the volume of the sound effects and the music.

The Start button starts a new game if a new player has been created or returns to a saved point in the game for a returning player.

The Exit button quits the game if Yes is selected or returns to the main menu if No is selected.

Gameplay

There are thirty missions in the game. The aim in every mission is to find all of the hidden items in every area from the list at the top of the screen. After all items have been found, the next aim is to find all of the improper items in every area.

When a hidden item is found, it will be removed from the object list and added to the inventory at the bottom of the screen.

Some hidden objects will require an action to take place (such as opening a drawer or moving an item) before they can be found.

There is always more than one area to explore within each mission.

Clicking five times in the wrong area will cause the cursor to move uncontrollably for three seconds.

The hint button can be selected at the bottom-left corner of the screen to highlight a hidden object. Another hint can be used after 20 seconds.

Mini-games have to be completed in some missions. These are generally quite easy, although they can be bypassed by pressing the Skip button.

Three gadgets can be built as certain items are acquired throughout the game. None of the gadgets have to be used, but they can be quite helpful in certain areas. The fire gadget removes shadows, and enables the mouse cursor to highlight important items. The X-ray gadget quickly shows the location of all hidden objects in an area. The time sight gadget enables the mouse cursor to reveal how the scene should look when everything has been found.

Controls

A grey arrow is the default mouse cursor. Move the cursor around the current location and it will change when it passes over a hotspot area. Items that can be picked up do not change the cursor, as these are hidden objects that should be searched for and found in each location.

The spinning gears icon means that the hotspot can be selected or have an item used on it. The magnifying glass icon is used to examine a new area in the room where more hidden objects are found.

Game Interface

The game interface is shown below:

A: Object list. Shows the objects that need to be found in a mission. Objects in blue are currently available to find, while objects in black require an action to be performed or a puzzle to be solved before they can be found.

B: Basic controls. The arrow button displays the game menu. From here, you can access gadgets, in-game help, options and the main menu.

C: Inventory. Displays the items that have been found in a mission. Sometimes, many parts need to be found before an item is completed.

D: Inventory button. Closes the inventory window.

Walkthrough

Mission 1: 1928 – Invention of Penicillin

The game starts in Alexander Fleming’s laboratory. The following hotspots are available:

Move the box below the table. Find the hidden objects:

Use the petri dish from the inventory on the microscope tray hotspot. Examine the fridge at the bottom-right corner of the room:

Use the handsaw on the lock:

Use the scalpel and glove on the mold:

Find the hidden objects.

Use the assembled microscope on the top of the microscope:

Examine the microscope. Use the vial with staphylococcus on the magnified area. Use the mold on the staphylococcus. Find the improper items:

Examine the fridge at the bottom-right corner of the room. Find the improper items:

Mission 2: 1888 – The Movie Projector

The chapter starts in the cabinet of Louis le Prince in England. The following hotspots are available:

Select the hotspot above the boots. Open the wardrobe at the right side of the room. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the left desk hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Exit the view of the left desk. Examine the right desk hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the source pictures on the hotspot below the camera to make the negatives. Take the negatives:

Use the snips on the cardboard box hotspot. Use the primitive shutting device on the front of the box. Use the assembled projector on the box. Use the directional lamp on the back of the box. Use the film strip on the projector. Examine the left desk and use the movie negatives on the hotspot:

Put the slides in the correct order:

Find the improper items:

Examine the left desk and find the improper items:

Examine the right desk and find the improper items:

Mission 3: 1877 – The First Phonograph

The chapter starts in Thomas Edison’s home. The following hotspots are available:

Select the bottom-left drawer, the top-right drawer and the clock. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot at the bottom of the stairs and find the hidden objects:

Examine the doorway hotspot and open the right drawer:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the holder on the phonograph base hotspot. Use the axle with crank on the holder. Use the metal cylinder on the axle. Use the reproducing part on the metal cylinder. Use the screws on the phonograph base. Find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot at the bottom of the stairs and find the improper items:

Examine the doorway hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 4: 1826 – The Combustion Engine

The chapter starts in Mr. Lenoir’s workshop in Paris. The following hotspots are available:

Examine the shelf hotspot at the left side of the room to open the window. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the desk hotspot at the right side of the room. Select the drawer hotspot and then find the hidden objects:

Examine the engine hotspot. Use the key with four sides on the engine to open the panel. Put the cog wheels on the correct pegs and then find the hidden objects:

Use the gasoline can on the tank hotspot. Use the assembled tappet valves on the engine hotspot. Find the improper items:

Examine the engine hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the desk hotspot at the right side of the room and find the improper items:

Mission 5: 1879 – Invention of the Light Bulb

The chapter starts in Thomas Edison’s study. The following hotspots are available:

Select the drawer and the book hotspots. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the safe hotspot. Use the listening device on the top-right corner of the safe. Rotate one of the dials until the lever moves on the listening device. Do the same thing for the remaining two dials, then select the lever to open the safe. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the wardrobe hotspot. Use the key on the wardrobe to unlock it. Find the hidden objects:

Use the dynamo’s wheel on the dynamo hotspot. Use the assembled bulb on the socket. Use the red wire and blue wire on the base of the dynamo. Find the improper items:

Examine the safe hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the wardrobe hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 6: 1838 – Invention of the Telegraph

The chapter starts in Samuel Morse’s study. The following hotspots are available:

Select the cupboard hotspot to open the cupboard. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the desk hotspot at the right side of the room. Find the hidden objects:

Select the wire hotspot to plug it in:

Exit the view of the desk. Examine the shelf hotspot at the left side of the room. Find the hidden objects:

The following hotspots are available:

Select the wires to plug them in. Select the book to open it. Use the spring on the hotspot below the handle:

Use the coin on the hotspot below the spring. Use the assembled handle on the handle hotspot. The aim now is to transmit the word "Morse" using Morse code. To do this, notice the patterns after the letters and numbers in the book. A dot means a quick tap, while a dash means to hold for about a second. M is represented in the book by two dashes, so this requires holding the lever for about a second, letting go, and then holding the lever for about a second again. O is represented by three dashes, so this requires three holds on the lever. R is represented by a dot, dash, dot. So tap the lever, hold it for a second and then tap it again. S requires three taps on the lever. E requires one tap on the lever.After solving the Morse code puzzle, examine the desk hotspot. Use the coil on the hotspot:

Use the arm on the hotspot at the left side of the coil. Use the paper on the arm. Press the letters S, A, M, U, E and L on the paper to spell the word Samuel. Find the improper items:

Examine the shelf hotspot at the left side of the room and find the improper items:

Examine the desk hotspot at the right side of the room and find the improper items:

After the cutscene, complete the Fuel Refill mini-game by switching the joints so that the electrons, protons and neutrons fall into the correct slots.

Mission 7: 1783 – Piano Forte

The chapter starts in John Broadwood’s company in England. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot below the table and find the hidden objects:

Use the ladder on the shelf above the cupboard. A new hotspot will become available:

Examine the hotspot above the cabinet. Use the crowbar on the left box:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the keyboard holder, the assembled keyboard and the paint and brush on the harp hotspot. Find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot below the table and find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot on the shelf above the cupboard and find the improper items:

Mission 8: 1752 – Invention of Conductivity

The chapter starts outside Benjamin Franklin’s home. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the chest hotspot. Open the chest and find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot at the left side of the winch. Use the hammer on the padlock:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the pincers on the wire hotspot:

Take the wire:

Use the winch on the winch hotspot. Use the assembled kite on the winch. Use the walking stick on the X on the ground:

Use the key on the wire above the walking stick. Find the improper items:

Examine the chest hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot at the left side of the winch and find the improper items:

Mission 9: 1775 – The First Submarine

The chapter starts in David Bushnell’s workplace. The following hotspots are available:

Open the right chest. Find the hidden objects:

Use the key on the left chest:

Find the hidden objects in the chest:

Examine the crate hotspot and use the crowbar on the crate. Find the hidden objects:

Use the sack with weights on the hotspot at the left side of the barrel. Use the top submarine part on the top of the barrel. Use the paddle on the top submarine part. Use the assembled propeller on the hole in the middle of the barrel. Examine the top submarine part to start the rivet mini-game. The aim is to get all of the rivets pressed in. Some rivets will pop up again when others are pressed, so the aim is to find the correct ones in order to get them all pressed in. After completing the mini-game, find the improper items:

Examine the crate hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 10: 1712 – The Steam Engine

The chapter starts in Thomas Newcomen’s workplace. The following hotspots are available:

Select the furnace door and the drawer hotspots. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot below the desk and find the hidden objects:

Use the shovel with coal on the hotspot below the container. Use the jug on the container to fill it with water. Use the assembled piston on the container. Use the finished lid on the container to create the steam engine. Find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot below the desk and find the improper items:

Mission 11: 1818 – The First Bicycle

The chapter starts in the residence of Baron Karl Von Drais. The following hotspots are available:

Select the cabinet hotspot to open the cabinet. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the carriage door hotspot. Use the door crank on the door to open it. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the desk hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the pile of bricks on the wagon wheel hotspot. Take the wagon wheel. Use the hand rest and saddle on the bike frame. Use the front wheel on the front wheel hotspot. Find the improper objects:

Examine the carriage door hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the desk hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 12: 1609 – Invention of Telescope

The chapter starts in Galileo Galilei’s study. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the shelf hotspot and select the book:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the drawer hotspot. Use the key on the drawer to open it. Find the hidden objects:

Use the assembled telescope on the hotspot below the window. Examine the telescope to start a mini-game. Change the lenses and zoom to see the red planet:

Find the improper items:

Examine the shelf hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the drawer hotspot and find the improper items:

After the cutscene, complete the Fuel Refill mini-game by switching the joints so that the electrons, protons and neutrons fall into the correct slots.

Mission 13: 1021 – The Camera Obscura

The chapter starts in the household of Abu Alhazen. The following hotspots are available:

Select the middle window hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the left window hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the pincers on the plank hotspot. Find the hidden objects:

Use the paper on the right window hotspot. Use the coal on the paper. Use the hand driller on the paper to take the final piece of the shaped board. Use the shaped board on the right window hotspot. Use the hammer and nails on the shaped board. Use the hand driller on the shaped board. Find the improper items:

Examine the left window hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 14: 1450 – Gutenberg’s Press

The chapter starts in Gutenberg’s workshop. The following hotspots are available:

Select both drawer hotspots. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the box hotspot at the bottom-left corner of the room and find the hidden objects:

Examine the cloth hotspot at the right side of the room and find the hidden objects:

Use the assembled frame on the desk. Use the saw on the wood above the assembled frame. Use the assembled press on the assembled frame. Find the improper items:

Examine the box hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the cloth hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 15: 1237 – The Spinning Wheel

The chapter starts in China. The following hotspots are available:

Select one of the table legs to turn the table over. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the pillar hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the wheel on the right table leg, the spindle on the second table leg from the left and the pedal on the right side of the wheel. Find the improper items:

Examine the pillar hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 16: 1260 – Invention of Gunpowder

The chapter starts in China. The following hotspots are available:

Select both flower hotspots and the grill. Find the hidden objects:

Use the ashes on the mulch hotspot. Take the saltpetre:

Examine the chest hotspot at the top of the stairs. Rotate the symbols on the chest so that the suns are in the middle line:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the sulfur-like crystals on the fire. Find the hidden objects:

Use the sulfur crystals, saltpetre and charcoal on the cauldron. Use the pestle on the cauldron to mix the ingredients. Use the candle on the fuse. Find the improper items:

Examine the chest hotspot at the top of the stairs and find the improper items:

Mission 17: 1088 – The Magnetic Compass

The chapter starts in China. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the wall hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Exit the view of the wall and examine the chest hotspot. Find the hidden objects:

Use the three parts of the dragon on the chest. Open the top drawer and find the hidden objects:

Use the water can on the pot. Use the burning candle on the candle holder. Use the needle on the candle. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the wall hotspot. Use the hot needle on the turtle hotspot. Take the magnetized hot needle:

Use the assembled compass on the water in the pot. Find the improper items:

Examine the chest hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the wall hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 18: 812 – Invention of Distillation

The chapter starts in Geber’s home in Persia. The following hotspots are available:

Select the grill and the basket hotspots. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the chest hotspot. Use the key on the chest to open it. Find the hidden objects:

Use the apparatus with fire on the holder hotspot. Use the glass on the container hotspot. Use the retort with liquid on the holder. Find the improper items:

Examine the chest hotspot and find the improper items:

After the cutscene, complete the Fuel Refill mini-game by switching the joints so that the electrons, protons and neutrons fall into the correct slots.

Mission 19: 350 BC – Invention of Soap

The chapter starts in Ancient Babylon. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the shed hotspot. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the fireplace hotspot. The following hotspots are available:

Use the sesame seeds on the mill. Use the potash crystals on the box. Find the hidden objects:

Use the tripod with kettle on the fire. Use the limestone, shredded potash, sesame oil, and mulch on the cauldron. Use the soap box on the hotspot below the cauldron:

Find the improper items:

Examine the fireplace hotspot and find the improper objects:

Examine the shed hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 20: 105 – Invention of Paper

The chapter starts in Ts’ai Lun’s house in China. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the dressing screen hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the garden hotspot. The following hotspots are available:

Select the bucket hotspot. Use the scythe on the bamboo hotspot. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the cauldron hotspot. Use the bucket with water on the cauldron. Use the bamboo on the water. Use the fire on the hotspot below the cauldron. Take the pulp:

Use the frame on the table. Use the pulp on the frame. Find the improper items:

Examine the dressing screen hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the garden hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Mission 21: 3530 BC – Invention of Glass Blowing

The chapter starts in Ancient Egypt. The following hotspots are available:

Select the hatch hotspot. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot at the right side of the barrel. Use the shovel on the pile of sand:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the barrel hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Exit the view. Use the dagger on the left wall hotspot. Use the saltwort on the fire hotspot. Take the limestone and the ashes:

Use the sand, ashes and limestone on the hatch hotspot. Take the glass:

Examine the barrel hotspot. Use the blow pipe with glass on the tile hotspot to start the glass mini-game. The aim is to create three glasses. To do this, press the white button and keep the red line inside the white line as the glass is being made:

Find the improper items:

Examine the barrel hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot at the right side of the barrel and find the improper items:

Mission 22: 350 BC – The Water Mill

The chapter starts in Ancient Greco-Roman times. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the crate hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the boat hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the dagger on the bag and grain will pour out. Use the milling wheel on the post. Use the water wheel on the water. Find the improper items:

Examine the crate hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the boat hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 23: 1200 BC – First Ironworks

The chapter starts in a village in Turkey. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the cart hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the hotspot at the top of the steps and find the hidden objects:

Use the pick axe on the rock:

Find the twelve rocks:

Use the pile of iron ore, pile of charcoal and pile of bricks on the kiln. Use the bellows on the anvil. Take the iron:

Use the melted iron on the rock. Use the hammer on the melted iron. Find the improper items:

Examine the cart hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the hotspot at the top of the steps and find the improper items:

Mission 24: 2550 BC – Invention of Writing

The chapter starts in Ancient Sumer. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the rock hotspot. Use the hand spike on the rock to lift it. Find the hidden objects:

Examine the well hotspot. Use the crank for the well on the well hotspot:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the knife on the reed below the well. Take the cut reed:

Use the clay tablet on the ground hotspot. Find the improper items:

Examine the rock hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the well hotspot and find the improper items:

After the cutscene, complete the Fuel Refill mini-game by switching the joints so that the electrons, protons and neutrons fall into the correct slots.

Mission 25: 350 BC – The First Pulley

The chapter starts in Ancient Sumer. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the fireplace hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the window hotspot. Use the pincers on the wire:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the assembled pulley on the wood. Use the long rope on the pulley. Use the apple on the ox. Find the improper items:

Examine the window hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the fireplace hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 26: 3530 BC – Invention of the Bakery

The chapter starts in Ancient Egypt. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the doorway hotspot. Use the grain on the mill:

Find the hidden objects:

Use the goblet on the bucket hotspot. Take the goblet with water:

Examine the rock hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the shovel on the rock to make an oven. Use the fire in the bottom section of the oven and the dough in the top section of the oven:

Find the improper items:

Examine the oven hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the doorway hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 27: 3100 BC – The Potter’s Wheel

The chapter starts in a village in Prehistoric Egypt. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the door hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the clay pile hotspot. Use the shovel on the clay. Find the hidden objects:

Use the potter’s wheel on the table. Use the clay on the potter’s wheel. Take the vase:

Use the wood on the kiln. Use the vase on the window of the kiln. Find the improper items:

Examine the door hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the clay pile hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Mission 28: 3700 BC – Invention of the Wheel

The chapter starts in a village in Ancient Mesopotamia. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the bearskin hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the burned wood and cord on the stone hotspot. Use the mace and chisel on the stone hotspot. Find the improper items:

Examine the bearskin hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 29: 4500 BC – The First Boat

The chapter starts on an unknown continent. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the hut hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Examine the bowl hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the axe on the tree branch. Use the bows for the back part, the bows for the front part and the combined spears on the branch. Use the cherry fish bait on the water hotspot. Select the fish as it swims by. Take the fish:

Use the sewed skins on the boat frame. Find the improper items:

Examine the hut hotspot and find the improper items:

Examine the bowl hotspot and find the improper items:

Mission 30: 3072 BC – The First Sundial

The chapter starts in Wiltshire, England. The following hotspots are available:

Find the hidden objects:

Examine the table hotspot and find the hidden objects:

Use the axe on the tree hotspot. Take the log:

Put the sun stones on the correct tiles and then use the tied lever on the rock:

Examine the hotspot below the lever. Put the correct combination of rocks on the lever and then press the orange button: